The Weekly Focus @ Saint Miriam for May 28th 2017
The Weekly Focus @ Saint Miriam for May 28th 2017
Saint Miriam in Prose: From our Pastor
Click Here to visit our Pastor’s Blog for this week!
Saint Miriam in Prose: in Devotion
Click Here to read Franciscan Moments,
our weekly Devotional!
Saint Miriam Fund: Mission Support
Click Here to Visit Our Current Fund Raisers
Saint Miriam in Prayer: Remembering!
Elizabeth Johnson (BJ), Paula, Bernice, Ken, Mimi, Deb, Josh, BJ, Ted Miller Family, Ruth, Shaun and Ethan, Ken, Joe, Hazlina, Mike, Bruce, Joanne, Maryalice, Karen, Father John, Chester and Donna,Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office, Lawrence, Joe, Lilian, Christina, Aiden, Mary Lou, Carrie, Anthony, Carmen, Maia, Marie, Brenda, John, Wenger family, Kevin, Richard, Loretta, Rosalie, Rosalie, Robert, Pat, Nancy, Fran, Norene, Regina, Norene, Wayne, Kathleen, Katie, Linda, Andy, Eileen, Mark, Gabrieles’, Steve, Kelly, Deborah, Margaret, Nick, Maureen and Chris, John, Billy, Dave, Jonette, Joy, Rick, Steve, Wendell, Judy, Richelle, Kathleen, Dana, Greg, Susan and Marty, Diane, Mary, Lisa, Bryan, Angela, Leo, Bobbi, Naomi, Phyllis, Lorraine, Guy, Pat, Angie, Trevor, Bob, Kim, Kate, Terri, Mary, Dan, Andrew, Ken, Freeds’, Chris, Janet, Pat, Sue, Paul, Ed, George, Marie, Suzanne, Rich, Cassie, Linda, Mike, Shannon, Richard, Victoria, and Marianne..
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To be included in our prayer list, or to receive pastoral care, communion for shut-ins, or any other pastoral need, please let us know by Clicking Here.)
To be included in our prayer list, or to receive pastoral care, communion for shut-ins, or any other pastoral need, please let us know by Clicking Here.)Saint Miriam in Reflection: The Mass.
Our Mass Intentions…
All Mass Intentions May be Viewed by Clicking Here.
Memorial Masses: “In Loving Memory of…”
Father Joe Klemas by Patricia Liguori
Francine Di Mino by Pat Wilcke
Louise Freed by Rick Freed
Diamond Williams by Rick Freed
Our Nation’s Veterans
Honor Masses: “In honor of”
Mary Alice Leber and Family by Lorraine Cuffey Jaime Lyn Wilcke by Pat Wilcke
Sanctuary Lamp: “In Loving Memory of…”
***None Received*** (Please visit our website to make a memorial or honor by Clicking Here.)
Bread and Wine Sponsor for Month:
In Memory of Francine Di Mino by Pat Wilcke
(✜ Mass Intentions Available: Please make your Mass Intentions today? See anyone on staff for Masses, Sanctuary Lamp, and Bread and Wine Sponsors every Sunday, or Click Here to make your intentions online!)
Saint Miriam New News: a priori!
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To read our full list, please visit Current Events for this week, or our Focus in Brief , by Clicking Here!)
To read our full list, please visit Current Events for this week, or our Focus in Brief , by Clicking Here!)Today we honor the Seventh Sunday of Easter and Ascension Sunday!
Happy Memorial Day Weekend!
✝️ Funerals and Memorials…In Grief.
Please pray for the Bernice Groover Family. Monsignor Jim and Father John officiated at her funeral yesterday at May Funeral Home in Ambler. Please also pray for Elizabeth (BJ) Johnson who died yesterday. Monsignor Jim will celebrate a Funeral Mass of Christian Burial this coming Wednesday, May 31t; further arrangements are pending and will be announced on social media and via the Parish App.
🎖Get A Cemetery Ribbons for Memorial Day & Remember Those Who Gave it All!
There is still time! Join us on Sunday, May 28th after the 10:30am Mass, when we will once again honor the fallen within our beautiful historic cemetery with donated and sponsored ribbons! Your ribbon will be tied by our PREP children to our new cemetery gates prior to the ceremony on May 28th following the 10:30am Mass. Suggested donation is only $10 or 3 for $20. (*Only 1 name per ribbon please!) We will honor their sacrifice by following a bag piper out of Mass that day and pray at the gates of cemetery, followed by taps of a bugler. Our own parish Historian, Robert Pardi, will once again shoot a volley while in full historic uniform! A great opportunity to teach your children about the sacrifice of others! You don’t want to miss this one! Last year it was one of the most moving tributes we honored! You may still get ribbons and join us by Clicking Here!
Holiday Office and School Closings:
Please note that the parish offices and school will be closed for Memorial Day holiday on both Friday, May 26th and Monday May 29th! Our Mass schedule for Sunday will remain the same! Have a safe Memorial Day weekend!
🚫 No Hate at Saint Miriam!
Soon “Hate Has No Home Here!” signs will blanket the front edge of our entire front campus wall facing Bethlehem Pike! The hatred and rhetoric against religions, Muslims, immigrants, gays and lesbians, the transgender, refugees, journalists, as well as politics has become so volatile and hate-filled that we are taking a visible stand! Join us in this effort by supporting our parish as we are a place where hate is not welcome!
🏫 Summer School Closing Fast Approaching:
Please note that our schools will officially close for the summer break on Friday, June 9th 2017 with an annual end of year “Moving Up Ceremony” at 9:00am! This event is open to the public, so join us as we bid a summer farewell to our students!
⛪ Weekday Confessions Come to Saint Miriam!
Now, with the added help of Father John to our Ministry Team, we have begun to offer the Sacrament of Reconciliation, Confessions, every weekday Monday – Friday from 11:30am until 12:05pm! Catch a break and be made whole again during your lunch break! Then, starting in the fall, we will also add a mid-day Mass every weekday at 12:15pm! Join us as we grow for you!
🎓 End of Year PREP/CCD Pinning Ceremony in June 4th!
Join us as we honor our PREP/CCD Students and watch as they receive their pins for a great year off learning and growing! Join us on Sunday, June 4th at the 9:00am Family Mass!
📅 Ministry Team Schedules for June Are Ready!
We are pleased to have posted our Ministry Team Schedules for June and Kate is now working on July’s Schedule with Monsignor Jim. Please contact her for any date conflicts like vacations, etc., or choose a date you’d like to serve! Kate’s email is Kate.McClelland@mySaintMiriam.org! Thank you for your service to God and the parish!
🌞 Blessing of the Seersucker Returns in June!
Join Saint Miriam as we continue an annual and ‘fun’ tradition on Sunday, June 25th. After the 10:30 Morning Mass, parishioners will be led out of the church and into the front garden for a service called, “Blessing of the Seersucker”! This brief service, with a uniquely Southern take on the “kirking” or blessing of the tartans, celebrated by Monsignor Jim’s former parish in Washington DC has made its way to Saint Miriam for some eight eight years now! While tartans may represent ancestral links with Britain, Saint Miriam makes seersucker representative its own clan, especially those who struggle through a hot summer! Help us welcome in summer, thank God for all we have, and for good weather and wonderful vacations by joining us on June 25th and enjoy a souther drink on the lawn with us, too! The first 12 for;ks who enter wearing something seersucker also take home a special gift so arrive early!
🏕 Summer Camp Begins June 12th!
Unlike many of the mega camps, we offer personalized attention for every child with low camper to staff ratios. We cater to preschool aged children and older – and welcome friends and siblings regardless of membership at our school or church. Learn more here, the fun begins June 12th!
🎨 Bell Tower Gets It Coat of Paint in June, too!
Please welcome our own John Shoemaker back as he completes the exterior painting project from last year, but the highest point – our Bell Tower! The exterior louvers need a coat of paint to preserve them, and match the new trim and John will be 40′ high so watch your step and pray for the safety of all of our construction workers and volunteers! Painting work to begin the first week of June!
🏗 Rectory Construction Set to Begin Monday, June 5th!
The builder is ready! Please watch as soon construction will begin on our new Friary Rectory! Please give to this effort by Clicking Here, and receive your miniature bronze statue of St. Francis Joliet! Then, watch for the construction to begin as we become even better!
🚧 Rectory Construction Changes!
Our construction will be occurring from June – September and will cause us to lose the main Admin/School walkway for much of that time. Please watch signs and postings and also note that the Upper Road will be closed, too, when construction vehicles need to use the ‘construction staffing area’ to bring materials and lift them to the second level. As they say, please pardon our dust and any inconvenience as we build a new home!
🔔 Help Ring Our Bells!
We are seeking a few bell ringers to help during Sunday Masses! Each of our Masses requires that the bells in our Bell Tower ring out at 30 minutes before, 15 minutes before, and at the start of Mass, and we need some extra ringers! Care to help? Contact us by Clicking Here or see anyone on staff today!
📸 A Photo Directory for Saint Miriam is Coming!
Saint Miriam Parish is growing and we want to make sure that we know and stay in touch with our parishioners. So, we are working on updating our parish database called ParishSoft to ensure that we have the necessary information for each of you. The updated database will be helpful to our priests in the event of a pastoral emergency it will give them access to your contact information. And, with your approval only, we can create a directory that will include your photo, but not your personal information. Therefore, we are requesting that each of parishioner send a photo (you and your family members; photos of your children are optional.) Please send to SaintMiriamPhotos@mysaintmiriam.org. (Please name your file(s) lastname_firstname.jpg on each photo. Example: cuffey_lorraine.jpg and cuffey_guy.jpg) Also, if you cannot send a photo please contact Lorraine Cuffey to schedule a time on a Sunday to have your photo taken at church. If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact Lorraine at lorraine.cuffey@mysaintmiriam.org
👩🍳 A Saint Miriam Cookbook!
We are excited to announce that the Women of Saint Miriam are publishing a cookbook as their Fall Fundraiser. From now until September 17th we are looking for your recipe(s) to be a part of this true community project! The cookbooks will be sold in the Café, and Online… and will be available on a Cookbook website too… and your name with your recipe can be included! Learn more Here and even watch a video, too!
👷🏼 Tour and Final Reception for Rectory Announced!
We are preparing for a new Rectory! Some have stepped up and given and received a miniature St Francis Joliet Statue. So, to entice you further to support this vital project, we are offering construction tours and a final reception before it is opened to the public for those who donate ahead of construction! By making your donation to the Rectory Fund today, you will also be invited to a ‘Hard Hat Tour” during mid-construction, and then enjoy a private cocktail reception in the rectory! Join us by Clicking Here!
⧛⧛⧛ Fence Help Needed 1st Week of June!
Our cemetery needs a fence installed around two sections and we can save more than 50% the cost, but need several volunteers to help us. We will rent a post-hole digger to make the job easier, too, but you can help if you volunteer today! Email Monsignor Jim and let him know you can assist by Clicking Here! The final permits should be ready at the township by November 26th! Please…help us by volunteering today!
Saint Miriam in Life: The News!
Help Ring Our Bells! We are seeking a few bell ringers to help during Sunday Masses! Each of our Masses requires that the bells in our Bell Tower ring out at 30 minutes before, 15 minutes before, and at the start of Mass, and we need some extra ringers! Care to help? Contact us by Clicking Here or see anyone on staff today!
A Photo Directory for Parish is Coming! Saint Miriam Parish is growing and we want to make sure that we know and stay in touch with our parishioners. So, we are working on updating our parish database calledParishSoft to ensure that we have the necessary information for each of you. The updated database will be helpful to our priests in the event of a pastoral emergency it will give them access to your contact information. And, with your approval only, we can create a directory that will include your photo, but not your personal information. Therefore, we are requesting that each of parishioner send a photo (you and your family members; photos of your children are optional.) We would also like you to include the following information for each member of your family:
Name:
Address:
Home Number:
Cell Number:
Emergency Number:
Birth Date:
Directory Approval Yes or No:
Please send to SaintMiriamPhotos@mysaintmiriam.org.(Please name your file(s) lastname_firstname.jpg on each photo. Example: cuffey_lorraine.jpg and cuffey_guy.jpg) Also, if you cannot send a photo please contact Lorraine Cuffey to schedule a time on a Sunday to have your photo taken at church. If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact Lorraine at lorraine.cuffey@mysaintmiriam.org
Ministry Team Schedules for June Are Ready! We are pleased to have posted our Ministry Team Schedules for May and Kate is now working on July’s Schedule with Monsignor Jim. Please contact her for any date conflicts like vacations, etc., or choose a date you’d like to serve! Kate’s email is Kate.McClelland@mySaintMiriam.org! Thank you for your service to God and the parish!
A Saint Miriam Cookbook! We are excited to announce that the Women of Saint Miriam are publishing a cookbook as their Fall Fundraiser. From now until September 17th we are looking for your recipe(s) to be a part of this true community project! The cookbooks will be sold in the Café, and Online… and will be available on a Cookbook website too… and your name with your recipe can be included! Learn more Here and even watch a video, too!
Summer Camp Begins in June! Unlike many of the mega camps, we offer personalized attention for every child with low camper to staff ratios. We cater to preschool aged children and older – and welcome friends and siblings regardless of membership at our school or church. Learn more here, the fun begins June 12th!
Every Thursday is Back, Even During Summer! Our regular Thursday lineup is back! Adoration from 5:00pm until 6:00pm, Mass at 6:00pm, and Rosary at 6:30pm! Join us and adore our Lord and Our Blessed Mother and watch your life change!
Mass Donations are Down! It is unbelievable to think, but our Mass Intentions are very low. We recognize it is summer soon, but God doesn’t deserve a ‘backseat’ in your life, neither does your parish. Please, make an intention today. It is a beautiful tribute as Catholics and one of the most important things we do is pray and offer the sacrifice of the Mass. Please…don’t forget to make your Mass intentions today by Clicking Here. Together, we honor God together.
Small Groups Summer Break in June! All of our Small Groups will take a break for summer beginning after May! Enjoy them now and come back in September! To get a complete list of our Small Groups, please pick up a brochure in the Bell Tower, or Click Here!
It’s Time to Read a Good Book In Our Very Own Wonderful Library! Our books are now on Goodreads and broken down by category. Check out our Goodreads page today! Want to check out a book? Just write your name, email address, and date on the sign out card located in the back of each book and place it in the checkout card holder. Books can be checked out for 30 days. If you’d like to make a book donation to the library or have any questions, email our Librarian, Peggy Gabriele by Clicking Here.
Write Down Your Prayer Intentions, too, at Saint Miriam! A Prayer Intentions Log Book has been added to our ways to honor your loved ones and offer prayer and support. The beautifully bound leather book will be located near the Saint Miriam Burning Bush Votive Stand and you may enter your own prayers and they will be offered in remembrance and pray by our priests at every Mass! The Prayer Intention Book expected to begin Sunday, February 26th! Join us as we offer the highest form of love: prayer for others!
Visit the Store at the Parish and Online, too! We not only have an onsite Store located adjacent to our sanctuary, but our website designer made a few enhancements to our online store, too! Please visit it today and make a purchase to support our ministry by buying your own Saint Miriam Holding Cross, a Mass Cards, Saint Miriam Prayer Cards, a beautiful Rosary, or even sponsor a child, or get your annual Luau tickets, and more! Click Here!
Get A Church in Your Pocket! Our Saint Miriam Parish App was recently updated and features faster download times, and a ‘refresh’ button for the newest content and a bible and more! One more exciting change is on its way this month! So please download our Parish App by Clicking Here!Saint Miriam in Support: Grow our Mission!
How Much do You Love Saint Miriam? There are many ways to support the mission of our parish and a flyer has been prepared to show you how easy it is! Please learn about GoodSearch, GoodShop, eBay, and Amazon Smile! Please support us and pick up a flyer or Support Flyer one today!Matching Gifts Make Giving Easy! Did you ever inquire to see if your employer, or club, or social network offers assistance to parishes or schools? Your gift could double and help us grow without anything more from your own pocket! Please remember to ask…it never does hurt!
Log on and Help the School? Have Fun and Help Zion Preschool at Saint Miriam! We discovered something you should check out! Vacations, golf rounds, cruises and much more that you can enjoy to help Zion Preschool at Saint Miriam. Get a great deal and help a great cause.It’s easy to get involved and make a difference! Visit: http://zionpreschool.travelpledge.com or Click Here! or Visit our Store!
Visit the Online Store for the Parish! We recently asked our website designer to make a few enhancements to our online store! Please visit it today and make a purchase to support our ministry by buying your own Saint Miriam Holding Cross, a Mass Cards, Saint Miriam Prayer Cards, a beautiful Rosary, or even sponsor a child, or get your annual Luau tickets, and more! Just Click Here!
Go Greener at Saint Miriam (and Saint Miriam Academy, too)! Our exclusive customized 24 oz. sport water bottles that combines our love of water with our parish’s “Green Policy” reduces our carbon footprint and will save thousands of plastic bottles from entering the ecosystem! And, the best part is your $10 donation goes directly to help our children’s educational programming! Get your own bottle today by visiting our online store and help go even stay greener!
Help Our Children in 2016: Sponsor a Child Today! We now have 8 Sponsors so far! There are many ways to help our children become better adults and Christians, as well as better practicing Catholics, and this year we offer two wonderful means to bring a smile – and a little support – right to our school! First, why not think about purchasing a brick that will help in the building of a new pathway to our Saint Miriam Summer Playground area and forever create a legacy on our campus! For every donation of $100.00 to The Saint Miriam Fund receive a 4 x 8 Personalized Brick! (Special Size of 8 x 8 is Available for a Donation Amount of $250.00). Learn more about our needed bricks by Clicking Here! Or, you may also sponsor a child directly now! When you sponsor a child, you create a special relationship between you, a child in need, the community of Saint Miriam, and our team of caring professionals! Together, we are helping to change the future for children through a quality and affordable private education! For just $29 a month, or a one-time donation of only $350, you can provide essential aid and education to improve the well-being of every child that comes to our doors! And, because we actually feed our children during the school day, your donation not only helps give them a good education, you fill their bellies with wholesome food, too! It gives you the opportunity to witness young lives transformed for the future right here in Montgomery County! Learn more here.
TEXT Your Gifts to Saint Miriam TODAY! Text Giving allows you to give to your organization by simply sending a text message to our specially reserved phone number! You just “Text any dollar amount to (215) 515-6511.” Once you text an amount (like “$50” or “120.50”) you would either be sent an acknowledgment for the gift (meaning it processed) or given a short link to click in order to provide their payment information (one time only). You are also prompted by text message with instructions. The whole process is designed to be very simple and self explanatory. Another way to give and support…making it easy so try it today!Mass Donations: A Beautiful Tribute As Catholics the most important thing we do is pray and offer the sacrifice of the Mass. Please…don’t forget to make your Mass intentions today by Clicking Here. Together, we honor God together.
Get Your Mass Intentions In Person! Join the Women of Saint Miriam after any Mass and make your Mass Intentions live and in person after any Mass on Sunday! Now you can honor a loved one in person or online, too!
Why Not GoodShop, Search, and Go Amazon, too? Please support Saint Miriam by downloading and using GoodSearch and GoodShop! Every time you search or buy, we get a small percentage and you get great deals, and often free shipping! Also use Smile Amazon and make us your charity of choice! It all adds up!
Saint Miriam in Fellowship: The Saint Miriam Cafe’
Eat & Help a Child?Now, every time you purchase something wonderful from our Saint Miriam Cafe’ after our Sunday morning Masses, we contribute 100% of that donation to a scholarship fund that allows children without the means to attend our wonderful Zion Preschool at Saint Miriam and Saint Miriam Academy! Your good eating, helps a child!
Last month we raised over $797 just by eating good food!
For more information and our delicious current month’s menus, just Click Here!
Saint Miriam in Calendar Form: A Few Upcoming Highlights!
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Visit our Parish Calendar Here for full weekly, monthly, and yearly schedules.)
Visit our Parish Calendar Here for full weekly, monthly, and yearly schedules.)
Now We Offer Weekdays 11:30am to 12:15pm: Confessions
May 28th:
- Memorial Day Honor Ceremony after 10:30am Mass
- Stewardship Appeal Ends
May 29th:
- Offices and School Closed
May 30th:
- Recovery Inc. at 7:00pm
Jun 1st:
- Adoration at 5:00pm
- Mass at 6:00pm
- Rosary at 6:30pm
- Boy Scouts at 7:00pm
Jun 3rd:
- AA Sunrise at 8:30am
Jun 5th:
- Rectory Construction Begins!
Focus in Brief: Our Weekly Announcements for May 21st 2017!
The Weekly Focus @ Saint Miriam for May 21st 2017
Saint Miriam in Prose: From our Pastor
Click Here to visit our Pastor’s Blog for this week!
Saint Miriam in Prose: in Devotion
Click Here to read Franciscan Moments,
our weekly Devotional!
Saint Miriam Fund: Mission Support
Click Here to Visit Our Current Fund Raisers
Saint Miriam in Prayer: Remembering!
Ted Miller Family, Father Bryan, Ruth, Shaun and Ethan, Ken, Joe, Hazlina, Mike, Joanne, Bruce, Joanne, Maryalice, Karen, Father John, Chester and Donna, Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office, Lawrence, Joe, Lilian, Christina, Aiden, Mary Lou, Carrie, Anthony, Carmen, Maia, Marie, John, Peggy, Christina, Aiden, Anthony, Michael, Joe, Mary Lou, Edie, Wayne, Greg, Michael, Pat, Bridget, Romana, Pat, Marian, Ruth, Brenda, John, Wenger family, Kevin, Richard, Loretta, Rosalie, Rosalie, Robert, Pat, Nancy, Fran, Norene, Regina, Norene, Wayne, Kathleen, Katie, Linda, Andy, Eileen, Mark, Gabrieles’, Steve, Kelly, Deborah, Margaret, Nick, Maureen and Chris, John, Billy, Dave, Jonette, Joy, Rick, Steve, Wendell, Judy, Richelle, Kathleen, Dana, Greg, Susan and Marty, Diane, Mary, Lisa, Bryan, Angela, Leo, Bobbi, Naomi, Phyllis, Lorraine, Guy, Pat, Angie, Trevor, Bob, Kim, Kate, Terri, Mary, Dan, Andrew, Ken, Freeds’, Chris, Janet, Pat, Sue, Paul, Ed, George, Marie, Suzanne, Rich, Cassie, Linda, Mike, Shannon, Richard, Victoria, Marianne, Donna, and BJ.
( To be included in our prayer list, or to receive pastoral care, communion for shut-ins, or any other pastoral need, please let us know by Clicking Here.)
To be included in our prayer list, or to receive pastoral care, communion for shut-ins, or any other pastoral need, please let us know by Clicking Here.)Saint Miriam in Reflection: The Mass.
Our Mass Intentions…
All Mass Intentions May be Viewed by Clicking Here.
Memorial Masses: “In Loving Memory of…”
Ella Montgomery’s Great Grandparents by Ella Montgomery
Francine DiNino by Pat Wilcke
Louise Freed by Rick Freed
Diamond Williams by Rick Freed
Honor Masses: “In honor of”
Mary Alice Leber and Family by Lorraine Cuffey
Jaime Lyn Wilcke by Pat Wilcke
Sanctuary Lamp: “In Loving Memory of…”
Ella Montgomery’s Great Grandparents by Ella Montgomery
Bread and Wine Sponsor for Month:
*** NONE RECEIVED **** (Click Here to make your intentions online)
(✜ Mass Intentions Available: Please make your Mass Intentions today? See anyone on staff for Masses, Sanctuary Lamp, and Bread and Wine Sponsors every Sunday, or Click Here to make your intentions online!)
Saint Miriam New News: a priori!
( To read our full list, please visit Current Events for this week, or our Focus in Brief , by Clicking Here!)
To read our full list, please visit Current Events for this week, or our Focus in Brief , by Clicking Here!)Today we honor The Sixth Sunday of Easter and Baptism Sunday!
Congratulations Ella Marie Montgomery, Henry George Miniscalco, and Harper Argondezzi on the Occasion of your Baptism!
❤️ Blessed Jubilee of Priesthood to Our Pastor!
Thank you, Monsignor Jim, for all you do, all your sacrifice, all your hard work, and for showing us that God uses us to further the kingdom, even in our less-than-perfect state of being human! We love you and thank you for your decade of love for us at Saint Miriam! Axios!
🎶 A Spring Concert is This Friday!
On Friday, May 19th at 7:00PM, our own Maria Wolf and Charlie Masters will be doing our annual Spring Concert. It will be a similar format from last year: a wonderful mix of Classical, Broadway, and a few Standards, too. This year’s theme will be, “Somewhere Over the Rainbow”! This famous Julie Garland song will be one of the many you’ll hear that night! So, plan to join us and get your tickets at the door or by Clicking Here!
👏🏼 Thanks From the Women of Saint Miriam!
Thank you to all who donated tot his year’s Mother’s Day Basket Raffle especially Mally Beauty and Gina Rosenberger, the owner of Body Serene Day Spa and Salon in Skippack. Thanks for making this year’s raffle a success by your support!
💸 Stewardship at Saint Miriam Ends This Week.
This Sunday we will close out ur annual appeal. To date, we have not met our needed goals and if we do not by next week, we will need to look at budget cuts, which could include staffing. As a parish, we try to not speak of money and finances except at two times every year. (1) is when our annual budget is up for review by you, as our parishioners. Your voice has direct impact in how we allocate the contributions you give. To date, we have been proven to be good stewards of every dollar and Monsignor has proven himself to grow a parish like no other. (2) is during our annual Stewardship Appeal, which occurs during Lent. We plan to close that Appeal the Sunday after Lent, but this year we have been unable as too many pledges are outstanding. Please review Monsignor Jim’s Letter in this week’s printed Focus, or online right here (SMPF Letterhead.Stewardship 2017), and make your pledge this week by Clicking Here. No one deserves to wait this long, especially those who worry for us and keep the lights on! Is Saint Miriam not worth that effort today?
🎖Cemetery Ribbons for Memorial Day!
This year, join us on Sunday, May 28th after the 10:30am Mass, when we will once again honor the fallen within our beautiful historic cemetery with donated and sponsored ribbons! Your ribbon will be tied by our PREP children to our new cemetery gates prior to the ceremony on May 28th following the 10:30am Mass. Suggested donation is only $10 or 3 for $20. (*Only 1 name per ribbon please!) We will honor their sacrifice by following a bag piper out of Mass that day and pray at the gates of cemetery, followed by taps of a bugler. Our own parish Historian, Robert Pardi, will once again shoot a volley and be in full historic uniform! A great opportunity to teach your children about the sacrifice of others! You don’t want to miss this one! Last year it was one of the most moving tributes we honored! You may complete a form after any Mass or join us by Clicking Here!
💒 Why I Give….
As we close our our annual Stewardship Appeal later next week, we will include some of the wonderful reasons folks support the mission of Saint Miriam! Here is one from this past week and you can, too, help us by Clicking Here!
“Saint Miriam is such a loving,welcoming and accepting church and the people have become a blessing in my life. I finally have found my Church Family here at Saint Miriam .”
– Pat L.
🙏🏼 Why Not Pray with Us?
As we grow as a community, we need more support and one way is to join us in praying for the needs of the parish, our community, your friends, family, and the world, too! Join our prayer list at Prayers@mySaintMiriam.organd also send your needs to us, too, so we might pray for you!
👨🏫 From Shaun to Sean!
Shaun Little has served at Director of Religious Education (DOE) for almost 7 years now and has brought our program to a new platform. He also helped us to lead our schools, including Zion Preschool at Saint Miriam, until we reorganized with our new school directors this past spring. But, as with all of us, the time has come for him to step back from his role as DOE. While you will still see him around the parish, we are pleased for his life of service and success and thank him earnestly for all he has selflessly done for our educational programming. So, please welcome Sean Hall as our new DOE for the coming year! The transition from Shaun to Sean will not impact the ‘aural’ version of the Director, but we are revamping much of the program. Stay tuned and welcome in a renewed PREP/CCD program this fall!
📚 Father John to Lead Youth and Education!
Please welcome Father John Connors as he received his first appointment from Mo sign this past week! He will be in charge of leading and growing our youth, education, and teen programs at Saint Miriam! Father will work closely with our new DOE to help ensure a successful program! Any suggestions, please see either Father John or Sean Hall!
🎨 Bell Tower Gets It Coat of Paint, too!
Please welcome our own John Shoemaker back as he completes the exterior painting project from last year, but the highest point – our Bell Tower! The exterior louvers need a coat of paint to preserve them, and match the new trim and John will be 40′ high so watch your step and pray for the safety of all of our construction workers and volunteers!
🏗 Rectory Construction to Begin June 5th!
Our Building Permits have arrived! Plans that were submitted to the Township have been approved, the bank is approved, the builder is ready! Soon…construction will begin on our new Friary Rectory! Please give to this effort by Clicking Here, and receive your miniature bronze statue of St. Francis Joliet! Then, watch for the construction to begin as we become even better!
🚧 Rectory Construction to Mandate a Few Changes!
Our construction will be occurring from June – September and will cause us to lose the main Admin/School walkway for much of that time. Please watch signs and postings and also note that the Upper Road will be closed, too, when construction vehicles need to use the ‘construction staffing area’ to bring materials and lift them to the second level. As they say, please pardon our dust and any inconvenience as we build a new home!
👷🏼 Tour and Final Reception for Rectory Announced!
We are preparing for a new Rectory! Some have stepped up and given and received a miniature St Francis Joliet Statue. So, to entice you further to support this vital project, we are offering construction tours and a final reception before it is opened to the public for those who donate ahead of construction! By making your donation to the Rectory Fund today, you will also be invited to a ‘Hard Hat Tour” during mid-construction, and then enjoy a private cocktail reception in the rectory! Join us by Clicking Here!
🚘 Our Garage gets a Make Over!
Our Maintenance Garage has received a make over this week! New electrical wiring, secure gutters, paint, and now a garage door and brand new opener have all been added! Please watch us as we use our fund wisely to enhance our productivity, reduce our costs, and continue to make Saint Miriam, Saint Miriam Academy, and Union Cemetery at Saint Miriam vital and beautiful!
🐒 Going to the Zoo!
Our school children, parents, and educators will be off for their annual field trip to the Elmwood Park Zoo in Norristown omniscience’s Thursday, May 25th! All classes are taking place at the zoo and the children will not be in the school omniscience’s this day. Just one more way we are making an exciting school even better! Have fun!
Holiday Office and School Closings:
Please note that the parish offices and school will be closed for Memorial Day holiday on both Friday, May 26th and Monday May 29th! Our Mass schedule for Sunday will remain the same! Have a safe Memorial Day weekend!
👝 Weekday Confessions During Lunch at Saint Miriam!
We will officially welcomed our new Associate Pastor, Father John Connors, last week and he has already begun to make an impact! Now, with the added help, we will begin to offer the Sacrament of Reconciliation, Confessions, every weekday Monday – Friday from 11:30am until 12:05pm! Catch a break and be made whole again during your lunch break! Then, starting in the fall, we will also add a mid-day Mass every weekday at 12:15pm! Join us as we grow for you!
🔔 Help Ring Our Bells!
We are seeking a few bell ringers to help during Sunday Masses! Each of our Masses requires that the bells in our Bell Tower ring out at 30 minutes before, 15 minutes before, and at the start of Mass, and we need some extra ringers! Care to help? Contact us by Clicking Here or see anyone on staff today!
Saint Miriam in Life: The News!
📸 A Photo Directory for Parish is Coming! Saint Miriam Parish is growing and we want to make sure that we know and stay in touch with our parishioners. So, we are working on updating our parish database calledParishSoft to ensure that we have the necessary information for each of you. The updated database will be helpful to our priests in the event of a pastoral emergency it will give them access to your contact information. And, with your approval only, we can create a directory that will include your photo, but not your personal information. Therefore, we are requesting that each of parishioner send a photo (you and your family members; photos of your children are optional.) We would also like you to include the following information for each member of your family:
Name:
Address:
Home Number:
Cell Number:
Emergency Number:
Birth Date:
Directory Approval Yes or No:
Please send to SaintMiriamPhotos@mysaintmiriam.org.(Please name your file(s) lastname_firstname.jpg on each photo. Example: cuffey_lorraine.jpg and cuffey_guy.jpg) Also, if you cannot send a photo please contact Lorraine Cuffey to schedule a time on a Sunday to have your photo taken at church. If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact Lorraine at lorraine.cuffey@mysaintmiriam.org
Ministry Team Schedules for June Are Ready! We are pleased to have posted our Ministry Team Schedules for May and Kate is now working on July’s Schedule with Monsignor Jim. Please contact her for any date conflicts like vacations, etc., or choose a date you’d like to serve! Kate’s email is Kate.McClelland@mySaintMiriam.org! Thank you for your service to God and the parish!
👩🍳 A Saint Miriam Cookbook! We are excited to announce that the Women of Saint Miriam are publishing a cookbook as their Fall Fundraiser. From now until September 17th we are looking for your recipe(s) to be a part of this true community project! The cookbooks will be sold in the Café, and Online… and will be available on a Cookbook website too… and your name with your recipe can be included! Learn more Here and even watch a video, too!
Summer Camp Begins in June! Unlike many of the mega camps, we offer personalized attention for every child with low camper to staff ratios. We cater to preschool aged children and older – and welcome friends and siblings regardless of membership at our school or church. Learn more here, the fun begins June 12th!
Every Thursday is Back, Even During Summer! Our regular Thursday lineup is back! Adoration from 5:00pm until 6:00pm, Mass at 6:00pm, and Rosary at 6:30pm! Join us and adore our Lord and Our Blessed Mother and watch your life change!
Mass Donations are Down! It is unbelievable to think, but our Mass Intentions are very low. We recognize it is summer soon, but God doesn’t deserve a ‘backseat’ in your life, neither does your parish. Please, make an intention today. It is a beautiful tribute as Catholics and one of the most important things we do is pray and offer the sacrifice of the Mass. Please…don’t forget to make your Mass intentions today by Clicking Here. Together, we honor God together.
Small Groups Summer Break in June! All of our Small Groups will take a break for summer beginning after May! Enjoy them now and come back in September! To get a complete list of our Small Groups, please pick up a brochure in the Bell Tower, or Click Here!
It’s Time to Read a Good Book In Our Very Own Wonderful Library! Our books are now on Goodreads and broken down by category. Check out our Goodreads page today! Want to check out a book? Just write your name, email address, and date on the sign out card located in the back of each book and place it in the checkout card holder. Books can be checked out for 30 days. If you’d like to make a book donation to the library or have any questions, email our Librarian, Peggy Gabriele by Clicking Here.
Write Down Your Prayer Intentions, too, at Saint Miriam! A Prayer Intentions Log Book has been added to our ways to honor your loved ones and offer prayer and support. The beautifully bound leather book will be located near the Saint Miriam Burning Bush Votive Stand and you may enter your own prayers and they will be offered in remembrance and pray by our priests at every Mass! The Prayer Intention Book expected to begin Sunday, February 26th! Join us as we offer the highest form of love: prayer for others!
Visit the Store at the Parish and Online, too! We not only have an onsite Store located adjacent to our sanctuary, but our website designer made a few enhancements to our online store, too! Please visit it today and make a purchase to support our ministry by buying your own Saint Miriam Holding Cross, a Mass Cards, Saint Miriam Prayer Cards, a beautiful Rosary, or even sponsor a child, or get your annual Luau tickets, and more! Click Here! Get A Church in Your Pocket! Our Saint Miriam Parish App was recently updated and features faster download times, and a ‘refresh’ button for the newest content and a bible and more! One more exciting change is on its way this month! So please download our Parish App by Clicking Here!Saint Miriam in Support: Grow our Mission!
How Much do You Love Saint Miriam? There are many ways to support the mission of our parish and a flyer has been prepared to show you how easy it is! Please learn about GoodSearch, GoodShop, eBay, and Amazon Smile! Please support us and pick up a flyer or Support Flyer one today!Matching Gifts Make Giving Easy!
Did you ever inquire to see if your employer, or club, or social network offers assistance to parishes or schools? Your gift could double and help us grow without anything more from your own pocket! Please remember to ask…it never does hurt!
Log on and Help the School? Have Fun and Help Zion Preschool at Saint Miriam! We discovered something you should check out! Vacations, golf rounds, cruises and much more that you can enjoy to help Zion Preschool at Saint Miriam. Get a great deal and help a great cause.It’s easy to get involved and make a difference! Visit: http://zionpreschool.travelpledge.com or Click Here! or Visit our Store!
Visit the Online Store for the Parish! We recently asked our website designer to make a few enhancements to our online store! Please visit it today and make a purchase to support our ministry by buying your own Saint Miriam Holding Cross, a Mass Cards, Saint Miriam Prayer Cards, a beautiful Rosary, or even sponsor a child, or get your annual Luau tickets, and more! Just Click Here! Go Greener at Saint Miriam (and Saint Miriam Academy, too)! Our exclusive customized 24 oz. sport water bottles that combines our love of water with our parish’s “Green Policy” reduces our carbon footprint and will save thousands of plastic bottles from entering the ecosystem! And, the best part is your $10 donation goes directly to help our children’s educational programming! Get your own bottle today by visiting our online store and help go even stay greener! Help Our Children in 2016: Sponsor a Child Today! We now have 8 Sponsors so far! There are many ways to help our children become better adults and Christians, as well as better practicing Catholics, and this year we offer two wonderful means to bring a smile – and a little support – right to our school! First, why not think about purchasing a brick that will help in the building of a new pathway to our Saint Miriam Summer Playground area and forever create a legacy on our campus! For every donation of $100.00 to The Saint Miriam Fund receive a 4 x 8 Personalized Brick! (Special Size of 8 x 8 is Available for a Donation Amount of $250.00). Learn more about our needed bricks by Clicking Here! Or, you may also sponsor a child directly now! When you sponsor a child, you create a special relationship between you, a child in need, the community of Saint Miriam, and our team of caring professionals! Together, we are helping to change the future for children through a quality and affordable private education! For just $29 a month, or a one-time donation of only $350, you can provide essential aid and education to improve the well-being of every child that comes to our doors! And, because we actually feed our children during the school day, your donation not only helps give them a good education, you fill their bellies with wholesome food, too! It gives you the opportunity to witness young lives transformed for the future right here in Montgomery County! Learn more here.TEXT Your Gifts to Saint Miriam TODAY! Text Giving allows you to give to your organization by simply sending a text message to our specially reserved phone number! You just “Text any dollar amount to (215) 515-6511.” Once you text an amount (like “$50” or “120.50”) you would either be sent an acknowledgment for the gift (meaning it processed) or given a short link to click in order to provide their payment information (one time only). You are also prompted by text message with instructions. The whole process is designed to be very simple and self explanatory. Another way to give and support…making it easy so try it today!Mass Donations: A Beautiful Tribute As Catholics the most important thing we do is pray and offer the sacrifice of the Mass. Please…don’t forget to make your Mass intentions today by Clicking Here. Together, we honor God together.
Get Your Mass Intentions In Person! Join the Women of Saint Miriam after any Mass and make your Mass Intentions live and in person after any Mass on Sunday! Now you can honor a loved one in person or online, too!
Why Not GoodShop, Search, and Go Amazon, too? Please support Saint Miriam by downloading and using GoodSearch and GoodShop! Every time you search or buy, we get a small percentage and you get great deals, and often free shipping! Also use Smile Amazon and make us your charity of choice! It all adds up!
Saint Miriam in Fellowship: The Saint Miriam Cafe’
Eat & Help a Child?Now, every time you purchase something wonderful from our Saint Miriam Cafe’ after our Sunday morning Masses, we contribute 100% of that donation to a scholarship fund that allows children without the means to attend our wonderful Zion Preschool at Saint Miriam and Saint Miriam Academy! Your good eating, helps a child!
Last month we raised over $987 just by eating good food!
For more information and our delicious current month’s menus, just Click Here!
Saint Miriam in Calendar Form: A Few Upcoming Highlights!
( Visit our Parish Calendar Here for full weekly, monthly, and yearly schedules.)
Visit our Parish Calendar Here for full weekly, monthly, and yearly schedules.)
Now We Offer Weekdays 11:30am to 12:15pm: Confessions
May 21st:
- Baptisms at 10:30am
- Stewardship Appeal ends
May 23rd:
- Recovery Inc. at 7:00pm
May 25th:
- Adoration at 5:00pm
- Mass at 6:00pm
- Rosary at 6:30pm
- Boy Scouts at 7:00pm
May 27th:
- AA Sunrise at 8:30am
The Weekly Focus @ Saint Miriam for May 14th 2017
The Weekly Focus @ Saint Miriam for May 14th 2017
Saint Miriam in Prose: From our Pastor
Click Here to visit our Pastor’s Blog for this week!
Saint Miriam in Prose: in Devotion
Click Here to read Franciscan Moments,
our weekly Devotional!
Saint Miriam in Prayer: Remembering!
Hazlina, Bruce, Maryalice, Karen, Father John, Chester and Donna, Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office, Lawrence, Joe, Lilian, Christina, Aiden, Mary Lou, Carrie, Anthony, Carmen, Maia, Marie, John, Peggy, Christina, Aiden, Anthony, Michael, Joe, Mary Lou, Edie, Wayne, Greg, Michael, Pat, Bridget, Romana, Pat, Marian, Ruth, Brenda, John, Wenger family, Kevin, Richard, Loretta, Rosalie, Rosalie, Robert, Pat, Nancy, Fran, Norene, Regina, Norene, Wayne, Kathleen, Katie, Linda, Andy, Eileen, Mark, Gabrieles’, Steve, Kelly, Deborah, Margaret, Nick, Maureen and Chris, John, Billy, Dave, Jonette, Joy, Rick, Steve, Wendell, Judy, Richelle, Kathleen, Dana, Greg, Susan and Marty, Diane, Mary, Lisa, Bryan, Angela, Leo, Bobbi, Naomi, Phyllis, Lorraine, Guy, Pat, Angie, Trevor, Bob, Kim, Kate, Terri, Mary, Dan, Andrew, Ken, Freeds’, Chris, Janet, Pat, Sue, Paul, Ed, George, Marie, Suzanne, Rich, Cassie, Linda, Mike, Shannon, Richard, Victoria, Marianne, Donna, and BJ.
( To be included in our prayer list, or to receive pastoral care, communion for shut-ins, or any other pastoral need, please let us know by Clicking Here.)
To be included in our prayer list, or to receive pastoral care, communion for shut-ins, or any other pastoral need, please let us know by Clicking Here.)Saint Miriam in Reflection: The Mass.
Our Mass Intentions…
All Mass Intentions May be Viewed by Clicking Here.
Memorial Masses: “In Loving Memory of…”
Catherine Dancho by Marie Hazelton
Francine DiNino by Pat Wilcke
Louise Freed by Rick Freed
Diamond Williams by Rick Freed
Lillian Lohson by Father Bryan Wolf
Winifred Wolf by Father Bryan Wolf
Karen Sue Janowiak by Lorraine Cuffey
Honor Masses: “In honor of”
All Our Mother’s Living and Deceased by Monsignor Jim St. George
Ruth St. George and Carol Hall Valvo by Father Jim and Sean Hall
Sanctuary Lamp:
Bread and Wine Sponsor for Month:
*** NONE RECEIVED **** (Click Here to make your intentions online)
(✜ Mass Intentions Available: Please make your Mass Intentions today? See anyone on staff for Masses, Sanctuary Lamp, and Bread and Wine Sponsors every Sunday, or Click Here to make your intentions online!)
Saint Miriam New News: a priori!
( To read our full list, please visit Current Events for this week, or our Focus in Brief , by Clicking Here!)
To read our full list, please visit Current Events for this week, or our Focus in Brief , by Clicking Here!)Today we honor The Fifth Sunday of Easter and Mother’s Day!
🙏🏼 Mass Donations are Down!
It is unbelievable to think, but our Mass Intentions are very low. We recognize it is summer soon, but God doesn’t deserve a ‘backseat’ in your life, neither does your parish. Please, make an intention today. It is a beautiful tribute as Catholics and one of the most important things we do is pray and offer the sacrifice of the Mass. Please…don’t forget to make your Mass intentions today by Clicking Here. Together, we honor God together.
🌠 Parents Night Out is Friday, May 12th!
It’s tonight! Date night is here! Go out for a night on the town feeling confident that your little ones are safe and having the time of their lives with their favorite teachers! This incredible evening for your children is filled with a variety of fun games, food, and activities, and they won’t want the night to end! So drop them off and go have fun! Call today to RSVP 215-836-9800 x 712!
📅 Ministry Team Schedules for June Are Ready!
We are pleased to have posted our Ministry Team Schedules for May and Kate is now working on July’s Schedule with Monsignor Jim. Please contact her for any date conflicts like vacations, etc., or choose a date you’d like to serve! Kate’s email is Kate.McClelland@mySaintMiriam.org! Thank you for your service to God and the parish!
💸 Stewardship, Money, You and Saint Miriam.
As a parish, we try to not speak of money and finances except at two times every year. (1) is when our annual budget is up for review by you, as our parishioners. Your voice has direct impact in how we allocate the contributions you give. To date, we have been proven to be good stewards of every dollar and Monsignor has proven himself to grow a parish like no other. (2) is during our annual Stewardship Appeal, which occurs during Lent. We plan to close that Appeal the Sunday after Lent, but this year we have been unable as too many pledges are outstanding. Please review Monsignor Jim’s Letter in this week’s printed Focus, or online right here (SMPF Letterhead.Stewardship 2017), and make your pledge this week by Clicking Here. No one deserves to wait this long, especially those who worry for us and keep the lights on! Is Saint Miriam not worth that effort today?
👨👩👦 May 14th is Mother’s Day and We will Be “On the Lawn”!
This Sunday, May 14th, we will honor Mother’s Day with flowers, intentions, and a special brunch on the lawn! Join us and don’t forget to bring mom! To help the team set up and bring a dish, please Click Here!
👩👧👦 Mother’s Day Baskets Last Call!
The Women of Saint Miriam do it again with a specular Mother’s Day Basket Raffle! You could win one of three baskets! They are a basket of Mally Beauty makeup and beauty products (retail value over $250); a spa basket with wine, meditation book for moms, spa products and a spa gift certificate (retail value over $150), and a cross body bag filled with Avon beauty products. Get your tickets after Mass beginning this Sunday and see the beautiful display in the Bell Tower Entry, too!
🍽 Join Us for One More Sacred Meal Before Summer Break!
Join us next Wednesday at 6:30pm, May 17th, for our final Sacred Meal Dinner Group before we break for summer! Monsignor Jim will lead us and Father John will be at his very first one, so let us make it a good showing! Learn more Here and RSVP by Clicking Here!
🏗 Rectory Construction to Begin 1st Week of June!
Our Building Permits have arrived! Plans that were submitted to the Township have been approved, the bank is approved, the builder is ready! Soon…construction will begin on our new Friary Rectory! Please give to this effort by Clicking Here, and receive your miniature bronze statue of St. Francis Joliet! Then, watch for the construction to begin as we become even better!
👝 Weekday Confessions During Lunch Comes to Saint Miriam!
We will officially welcomed our new Associate Pastor, Father John Connors, last week and he has already begun to make an impact! Now, with the added help, we will begin to offer the Sacrament of Recincilarion, Confessions, every weekday Monday – Friday from 11:30am until 12:05pm! Catch a break and be made while again during your lunch break! Then, starting in the fall, we will also add a mid-day Mass every weekday at 12:15pm! Join us as we grow for you!
🔔 Help Ring Our Bells!
We are seeking a few bell ringers to help during Sunday Masses! Each of our Masses requires that the bells in our Bell Tower ring out at 30 minutes before, 15 minutes before, and at the start of Mass, and we need some extra ringers! Care to help? Contact us by Clicking Here or see anyone on staff today!
💰 Fundraisers: All in One Place!
We added a link under Donate at our website (www.mySaintMiriam.org) that lists all in Ione place the current fundraisers join on at Saint Miriam! Click today and support us with some fantastic ways!
📸 A Photo Directory, too?
Saint Miriam Parish is growing and we want to make sure that we know and stay in touch with our parishioners. So, we are working on updating our parish database called ParishSoft to ensure that we have the necessary information for each of you. The updated database will be helpful to our priests in the event of a pastoral emergency it will give them access to your contact information. And, with your approval only, we can create a directory that will include your photo, but not your personal information. Therefore, we are requesting that each of parishioner send a photo (you and your family members; photos of your children are optional.) We would also like you to include the following information for each member of your family:
Name:
Address:
Home Number:
Cell Number:
Emergency Number:
Birth Date:
Directory Approval Yes or No:
Please send to SaintMiriamPhotos@mysaintmiriam.org. (Please name your file(s) lastname_firstname.jpg on each photo. Example: cuffey_lorraine.jpg and cuffey_guy.jpg) Also, if you cannot send a photo please contact Lorraine Cuffey to schedule a time on a Sunday to have your photo taken at church. If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact Lorraine at lorraine.cuffey@mysaintmiriam.org
👩🍳 A Saint Miriam Cookbook!
We are excited to announce that the Women of Saint Miriam are publishing a cookbook as their Fall Fundraiser. From now until September 17th we are looking for your recipe(s) to be a part of this true community project! The cookbooks will be sold in the Café, and Online… and will be available on a Cookbook website too… and your name with your recipe can be included! Learn more Here and even watch a video, too!
❤️ Help a Hospice Love More Deeply!
Heartland Hospice located in Blue Bell is looking for volunteers. A volunteer for hospice freely spends some time with a hospice patient to provide a loving presence, play music or engage them in any way to have them feel loved and cared for. If anyone is interested in this type of ministry (Approx. 6 hours/month) please take a flyer (located in the Diener Room) and/or call Lisa Tischler at 610-941-6700. If you need any guidance, Please see Father John this week.
👷🏼 Tour and Final Reception for Rectory Announced!
We are preparing for a new Rectory! Some have stepped up and given and received a miniature St Francis Joliet Statue. So, to entice you further to support this vital project, we are offering construction tours and a final reception before it is opened to the public for those who donate ahead of construction! By making your donation to the Rectory Fund today, you will also be invited to a ‘Hard Hat Tour” during mid-construction, and then enjoy a private cocktail reception in the rectory! Join us by Clicking Here!
⧛⧛⧛Fence Installation Help Needed ASAP!
Our cemetery needs a fence installed around two sections and we can save more than 50% the cost, but need several volunteers to help us. We will rent a post-hole digger to make the job easier, too, but you can help if you volunteer today! Email Monsignor Jim and let him know you can assist by Clicking Here!
🎶 A Spring Concert is May 19th!
On May 19th at 7:00PM, our own Maria Wolf and Charlie Masters will be doing our annual Spring Concert. It will be a similar format from last year: a wonderful mix of Classical, Broadway, and a few Standards, too. This year’s theme will be, “Somewhere Over the Rainbow”! This famous Julie Garland song will be one of the many you’ll hear that night! So, plan to join us and get your tickets after Mass beginning May 7th for only $20.00! Buy your tickets by Clicking Here!
🎖Cemetery Ribbons for Memorial Day!
This year, join us on Sunday, May 28th after the 10:30am Mass, when we will once again honor the fallen within our beautiful historic cemetery with donated and sponsored ribbons! Your ribbon will be tied by our PREP children to our new cemetery gates prior to the ceremony on May 28th following the 10:30am Mass. Suggested donation is only $10 or 3 for $20. (*Only 1 name per ribbon please!) We will honor their sacrifice by following a bag piper out of Mass that day and pray at the gates of cemetery, followed by taps of a bugler. Our own parish Historian, Robert Pardi, will once again shoot a volley and be in full historic uniform! A great opportunity to teach your children about the sacrifice of others! You don’t want to miss this one! Last year it was one of the most moving tributes we honored! You may complete a form after any Mass or join us by Clicking Here!
Saint Miriam in Life: The News!
Summer Camp Begins in June! Unlike many of the mega camps, we offer personalized attention for every child with low camper to staff ratios. We cater to preschool aged children and older – and welcome friends and siblings regardless of membership at our school or church. Learn more here, the fun begins June 12th!
Every Thursday is Back, Even During Summer! Our regular Thursday lineup is back! Adoration from 5:00pm until 6:00pm, Mass at 6:00pm, and Rosary at 6:30pm! Join us and adore our Lord and Our Blessed Mother and watch your life change!
Garden Volunteers Come! We love when our own folks come to us with great ideas! That is why we are proud that Liz Foote and Jane Arenas have taken on the Saint Miriam Community Garden Project this year! We offer a small, but wonderful garden near the Angels of Assisi Memorial and Liz and Jane will soon be planting, growing, sustaining, and reaching our children in Summer Camp some Garden to Table ideas! Way to go Liz and Jane!
Did You Know We Live by a Covenant? At Saint Miriam, we honor all that we built by living and honoring The Saint Miriam Covenant. We do so because parishes thrive in a healthy atmosphere, and close down by being torn down by gossip. Our Covenant is located by Clicking Here as a refresher to those who desire to bring rumor and innuendo to the parish due to simple things that happen within all parishes, like our recent staff changes, or expansion. We remind you to read, live by, honor it. We also remind that our pastor has an open door policy and in the past 5 years only 4 parishioners have ever used to to ask questions and get fact. Emailhim here for your appointment, but if you feel talking in circles is helpful, there are other parishes that welcome that kind of destruction. We do not at Saint Miriam. We are better than that; so is our God and all that He has given to us by the sacrifice of the many who labor.
Small Groups Summer Break in June! All of our Small Groups will take a break for summer beginning after May! Enjoy them now and come back in September! To get a complete list of our Small Groups, please pick up a brochure in the Bell Tower, or Click Here!
It’s Time to Read a Good Book In Our Very Own Wonderful Library! Our books are now on Goodreads and broken down by category. Check out our Goodreads page today! Want to check out a book? Just write your name, email address, and date on the sign out card located in the back of each book and place it in the checkout card holder. Books can be checked out for 30 days. If you’d like to make a book donation to the library or have any questions, email our Librarian, Peggy Gabriele by Clicking Here.
Write Down Your Prayer Intentions, too, at Saint Miriam! A Prayer Intentions Log Book has been added to our ways to honor your loved ones and offer prayer and support. The beautifully bound leather book will be located near the Saint Miriam Burning Bush Votive Stand and you may enter your own prayers and they will be offered in remembrance and pray by our priests at every Mass! The Prayer Intention Book expected to begin Sunday, February 26th! Join us as we offer the highest form of love: prayer for others!
Visit the Store at the Parish and Online, too! We not only have an onsite Store located adjacent to our sanctuary, but our website designer made a few enhancements to our online store, too! Please visit it today and make a purchase to support our ministry by buying your own Saint Miriam Holding Cross, a Mass Cards, Saint Miriam Prayer Cards, a beautiful Rosary, or even sponsor a child, or get your annual Luau tickets, and more! Click Here! Get A Church in Your Pocket! Our Saint Miriam Parish App was recently updated and features faster download times, and a ‘refresh’ button for the newest content and a bible and more! One more exciting change is on its way this month! So please download our Parish App by Clicking Here!Saint Miriam in Support: Grow our Mission!
How Much do You Love Saint Miriam? There are many ways to support the mission of our parish and a flyer has been prepared to show you how easy it is! Please learn about GoodSearch, GoodShop, eBay, and Amazon Smile! Please support us and pick up a flyer or Support Flyer one today!Matching Gifts Make Giving Easy!Did you ever inquire to see if your employer, or club, or social network offers assistance to parishes or schools? Your gift could double and help us grow without anything more from your own pocket! Please remember to ask…it never does hurt!
Log on and Help the School? Have Fun and Help Zion Preschool at Saint Miriam! We discovered something you should check out! Vacations, golf rounds, cruises and much more that you can enjoy to help Zion Preschool at Saint Miriam. Get a great deal and help a great cause.It’s easy to get involved and make a difference! Visit: http://zionpreschool.travelpledge.com or Click Here! or Visit our Store!
Visit the Online Store for the Parish! We recently asked our website designer to make a few enhancements to our online store! Please visit it today and make a purchase to support our ministry by buying your own Saint Miriam Holding Cross, a Mass Cards, Saint Miriam Prayer Cards, a beautiful Rosary, or even sponsor a child, or get your annual Luau tickets, and more! Just Click Here! Go Greener at Saint Miriam (and Saint Miriam Academy, too)! Our exclusive customized 24 oz. sport water bottles that combines our love of water with our parish’s “Green Policy” reduces our carbon footprint and will save thousands of plastic bottles from entering the ecosystem! And, the best part is your $10 donation goes directly to help our children’s educational programming! Get your own bottle today by visiting our online store and help go even stay greener! Help Our Children in 2016: Sponsor a Child Today! We now have 8 Sponsors so far! There are many ways to help our children become better adults and Christians, as well as better practicing Catholics, and this year we offer two wonderful means to bring a smile – and a little support – right to our school! First, why not think about purchasing a brick that will help in the building of a new pathway to our Saint Miriam Summer Playground area and forever create a legacy on our campus! For every donation of $100.00 to The Saint Miriam Fund receive a 4 x 8 Personalized Brick! (Special Size of 8 x 8 is Available for a Donation Amount of $250.00). Learn more about our needed bricks by Clicking Here! Or, you may also sponsor a child directly now! When you sponsor a child, you create a special relationship between you, a child in need, the community of Saint Miriam, and our team of caring professionals! Together, we are helping to change the future for children through a quality and affordable private education! For just $29 a month, or a one-time donation of only $350, you can provide essential aid and education to improve the well-being of every child that comes to our doors! And, because we actually feed our children during the school day, your donation not only helps give them a good education, you fill their bellies with wholesome food, too! It gives you the opportunity to witness young lives transformed for the future right here in Montgomery County! Learn more here.TEXT Your Gifts to Saint Miriam TODAY! Text Giving allows you to give to your organization by simply sending a text message to our specially reserved phone number! You just “Text any dollar amount to (215) 515-6511.” Once you text an amount (like “$50” or “120.50”) you would either be sent an acknowledgment for the gift (meaning it processed) or given a short link to click in order to provide their payment information (one time only). You are also prompted by text message with instructions. The whole process is designed to be very simple and self explanatory. Another way to give and support…making it easy so try it today!Mass Donations: A Beautiful Tribute As Catholics the most important thing we do is pray and offer the sacrifice of the Mass. Please…don’t forget to make your Mass intentions today by Clicking Here. Together, we honor God together.
Get Your Mass Intentions In Person! Join the Women of Saint Miriam after any Mass and make your Mass Intentions live and in person after any Mass on Sunday! Now you can honor a loved one in person or online, too!
Why Not GoodShop, Search, and Go Amazon, too? Please support Saint Miriam by downloading and using GoodSearch and GoodShop! Every time you search or buy, we get a small percentage and you get great deals, and often free shipping! Also use Smile Amazon and make us your charity of choice! It all adds up!
Saint Miriam in Fellowship: The Saint Miriam Cafe’
Eat & Help a Child?Now, every time you purchase something wonderful from our Saint Miriam Cafe’ after our Sunday morning Masses, we contribute 100% of that donation to a scholarship fund that allows children without the means to attend our wonderful Zion Preschool at Saint Miriam and Saint Miriam Academy! Your good eating, helps a child!
Last month we raised over $987 just by eating good food!
For more information and our delicious current month’s menus, just Click Here!
Saint Miriam in Calendar Form: A Few Upcoming Highlights!
( Visit our Parish Calendar Here for full weekly, monthly, and yearly schedules.)
Visit our Parish Calendar Here for full weekly, monthly, and yearly schedules.)May 16th:
- Recovery Inc. at 7:00pm
- Boy Scouts at 7:00pm
May 17th:
- Sacred Meal Dinner at 6:30pm
May 18th:
- Adoration at 5:00pm
- Mass at 6:00pm
- Rosary at 6:30pm
May 19th:
- Spring Concert at 7:00pm
May 20th:
- AA Sunrise at 8:30am
- Spirituality Group at 10:00am
The Weekly Focus @ Saint Miriam for May 7th 2017
The Weekly Focus @ Saint Miriam for May 7th 2017
Saint Miriam in Prose: From our Pastor
Click Here to visit our Pastor’s Blog for this week!
Saint Miriam in Prose: in Devotion
Click Here to read Franciscan Moments,
our weekly Devotional!
Saint Miriam in Prayer: Remembering!
Lillian, Joe, Lorraine, Mary Lou, Michael, Carrie, Anthony, Lawrence, Carmen, Chester, Maia, Marie, John, Peggy, Christina, Aiden, Ruth, Joe, Mary Lou, Edie, Wayne, Greg, Michael, Pat, Marian, Ruth, Brenda, John, Kevin, Richard, Loretta, Rosalie, Robert, Pat, Nancy, Fran, Norene, Norene, Wayne, Linda, Andy, Eileen, Mark, Gabrieles’, Steve, Kelly, Deborah, Margaret, Nick, Maureen and Chris, John, Dave, Mike, Joy, Rick, Steve, Wendell, Dana, Greg, Susan and Marty, Diane, Mary, Lisa, Bryan, Angela, Leo, Bobbi, Naomi, Phyllis, Ken, Freeds’, Chris, Janet, Pat, Sue, Paul, Ed, George, Marie, Suzanne, Rich, Cassie, Linda, Mike, Shannon, Richard, Victoria, Marianne, Donna, and BJ.
( To be included in our prayer list, or to receive pastoral care, communion for shut-ins, or any other pastoral need, please let us know by Clicking Here.)
To be included in our prayer list, or to receive pastoral care, communion for shut-ins, or any other pastoral need, please let us know by Clicking Here.)Saint Miriam in Reflection: The Mass.
Our Mass Intentions…
All Mass Intentions May be Viewed by Clicking Here.
Memorial Masses: “In Loving Memory of…”
Francine Di Mino by Wilcke Family
Louise Freed by Rick Freed
Diamond Williams by Rick Freed
Honor Masses: “In honor of”
Honor of Saint Miriam Staff and Ministry Team by Pam and Bill Kunz
Sanctuary Lamp:
*** NONE RECEIVED **** (Click Here to make your intentions online)
Bread and Wine Sponsor for Month:
*** NONE RECEIVED **** (Click Here to make your intentions online)
(✜ Mass Intentions Available: Please make your Mass Intentions today? See anyone on staff for Masses, Sanctuary Lamp, and Bread and Wine Sponsors every Sunday, or Click Here to make your intentions online!)
Saint Miriam New News: a priori!
( To read our full list, please visit Current Events for this week, or our Focus in Brief , by Clicking Here!)
To read our full list, please visit Current Events for this week, or our Focus in Brief , by Clicking Here!)Today we honor The Fourth Sunday of Easter and Our Welcome to Father John Connors!
📅 Ministry Team Schedules for June Are Ready!
We are pleased to have posted our Ministry Team Schedules for May and Kate is now working on July’s Schedule with Monsignor Jim. Please contact her for any date conflicts like vacations, etc., or choose a date you’d like to serve! Kate’s email is Kate.McClelland@mySaintMiriam.org! Thank you for your service to God and the parish!
🎂 Welcome Father John this coming Sunday!
We will officially welcome our new Associate Pastor, Father John Connors, on Sunday, May 7th after the 10:30am Mass where we honor Our Blessed Mother and give thanks! Join us and enjoy some cake in fellowship and say hello to your new pastor!
🍕 Join Us for Pizza with the Pastor May 7th, too!
We are pleased to invite you to our next “Pizza with the Pastor” event before we break for summer! Join us on Sunday, May 7th at 12 Noon. We will provide the pizza and the pastor, you come with questions and get answers on all of our updates going on! RSVP by Clicking Here!
👑 May Crowning and Procession Coming on Sunday, May 7th!
We are getting ready to honor our Blessed Mother! Bring the kids and family and join us for the 10:30am Mass this Sunday when we process with Mary! Bring your prayers and get ready for a beautiful May Day! Help us to continue a beautiful tradition this coming Sunday!
💵 And Don’t Forget to Bring Your Mary Money?!
The Procession for Our Blessed Mother is rooted in the Italian-American Religious Festival that our pastor, Monsignor Jim, grew up with in “Little Italy”! A large Statue of Mary is carried out of Saint Miriam and placed on a beautifully decorated cart. Little girls carry flowers, or hold ribbons dangling from the statue, and our youngest of boys and men to help, will move the wooden cart through the campus where the faithful pin money. In Father’s day as a young boy, the statue went for blocks around the church’s neighborhood and the faithful painted their curbs white and blue in honor of the Blessed Mother! Then, for an offering to help the parish, the priest blessed every home as he passed by! In days past, the priests of national parishes (those defied by a specific ethnic heritage like German, or Polish, etc.) soon realized that such practices were a valuable resource. If parishioners did not fill the collection plate, they made up for it by lighting candies in the chapels, and the church, which sponsored processions, could reap their harvest of donations and create enthusiasm, too! So, we continue this beautiful tradition on Sunday! Bring some loose bills, say a prayer to Mary as you pin the donation to her flowing ribbons, and watch us we grow with excitement and keep an old tradition alive and well!
👷🏼 Mid Tour and Final Reception for Rectory Announced!
We are preparing for a new Rectory! Some have stepped up and given and received a miniature St Francis Joliet Statue. So, to entice you further to support this vital project, we will be offering mid-construction tours and a final private reception before it is opened to the public for those who donated ahead of construction! By making your donation to the Rectory Fund today, you will be invited to a ‘Hard Hat Tour” during mid-construction, and then enjoy a private cocktail reception in the new rectory! Join us by Clicking Here!
⧛⧛⧛Fence Installation Help Needed ASAP!
Our cemetery needs a fence installed around two sections and we can save more than 50% the cost, but need several volunteers to help us. We will rent a post-hole digger to make the job easier, too, but you can help if you volunteer today! Email Monsignor Jim and let him know you can assist by Clicking Here!
🎶 A Spring Concert Just in Time for…Spring!
On May 19th at 7:00PM, our own Maria Wolf and Charlie Masters will be doing our annual Spring Concert. It will be a similar format from last year: a wonderful mix of Classical, Broadway, and a few Standards, too. This year’s theme will be, “Somewhere Over the Rainbow”! This famous Julie Garland song will be one of the many you’ll hear that night! So, plan to join us and get your tickets after Mass beginning May 7th for only $20.00! Buy your tickets by Clicking Here!
👨👩👦 May 14th is Mother’s Day and We will Be “On the Lawn”!
Our Sunday May 14th Mother’s Day honoring will include flowers, intentions, and a special brunch on the lawn! Join us and don’t forget to bring mom! To help the team set up and bring a dish, please Click Here!
🍽 May 17th A Final Sacred Meal Before Summer Break!
Join us on Wednesday, May 17th at 6:30pm for our final Sacred Meal Dinner Group before we break for summer! Monsignor Jim will lead us, and Father John will be at his very first one, so let us make it a good showing! Learn more Here and RSVP by Clicking Here!
A Little PREP Help Needed!Do you enjoy working with children? Please consider joining our PREP team! Our class sizes have increased and we are looking for assistant teachers in our PREPlay room and our second grade room. Your responsibility would be to assist the head teacher with her tasks. No planning involved! Please see Shaun Little, or anyone on staff if you are interested, or Click Here!
👩👧👦 Mother’s Day Baskets and Those Women!
The Women of Saint Miriam do it again with a specular Mother’s Day Basket Raffle! You could win one of three baskets! They are a basket of Mally Beauty makeup and beauty products (retail value over $250); a spa basket with wine, meditation book for moms, spa products and a spa gift certificate (retail value over $150), and a cross body bag filled with Avon beauty products. Get your tickets after Mass beginning this Sunday and see the beautiful display in the Bell Tower Entry, too!
🏗 Rectory Construction to Begin!
Plans are submitted to the Township, the bank is approved, the builder is getting ready! Soon…construction will begin on our new Friary Rectory! Please give to this effort by Clicking Here, and receive your miniature bronze statue of St. Francis Joliet! Then, watch for the construction to begin as we become even better!
🙏🏼 Join Us Every Thursday and Honor God!
Our regular Thursday lineup is back! Adoration from 5:00pm until 6:00pm, Mass at 6:00pm, and Rosary at 6:30pm! Join us and adore our Lord and Our Blessed Mother and watch your life change!
🏖 Small Groups Summer Break in June!
All of our Small Groups will take a break for summer beginning after May! Enjoy them now and come back in September! To get a complete list of our Small Groups, please pick up a brochure in the Bell Tower, or Click Here!
✝️ A New Sign for Our Beautiful Outdoor Stations of the Cross!
Our beautiful new outdoor Stations of the Cross have all been sponsored!! The plaques are on their way soon! Thank you to all who gave and supported this beautiful project! Soon the final edging will be completed and then the mulch will finish the project. A new sign was added this week, too, so stop by and behold our new meditation opportunity at Saint Miriam!
💒 Stewardship Forms STILL Needed!
Do you love Saint Miriam? Have you pledged that love in the form of Stewardship? Many of our parishioners have neglected to complete their annual Stewardship. Please complete your stewardship forms today by Clicking Here, or seeing anyone on staff this week! We are still not there and the budget has not been met. Please give this your attention today.
🎖Cemetery Ribbons for Memorial Day!
This year, join us on Sunday, May 28th after the 10:30am Mass, when we will once again honor the fallen within our beautiful historic cemetery with donated and sponsored ribbons! Your ribbon will be tied by our PREP children to our new cemetery gates prior to the ceremony on May 28th following the 10:30am Mass. Suggested donation is only $10 or 3 for $20. (*Only 1 name per ribbon please!) We will honor their sacrifice by following a bag piper out of Mass that day and pray at the gates of cemetery, followed by taps of a bugler. Our own parish Historian, Robert Pardi, will once again shoot a volley and be in full historic uniform! A great opportunity to teach your children about the sacrifice of others! You don’t want to miss this one! Last year it was one of the most moving tributes we honored! You may complete a form after any Mass or join us by Clicking Here!
🏕 Summer Camp Begins in June!
Unlike many of the mega camps, we offer personalized attention for every child with low camper to staff ratios. We cater to preschool aged children and older – and welcome friends and siblings regardless of membership at our school or church. Learn more
here, the fun begins June 12th!
Saint Miriam in Life: The News!
Every Thursday is Back, Even During Summer! Our regular Thursday lineup is back! Adoration from 5:00pm until 6:00pm, Mass at 6:00pm, and Rosary at 6:30pm! Join us and adore our Lord and Our Blessed Mother and watch your life change!
Garden Volunteers Come! We love when our own folks come to us with great ideas! That is why we are proud that Liz Foote and Jane Arenas have taken on the Saint Miriam Community Garden Project this year! We offer a small, but wonderful garden near the Angels of Assisi Memorial and Liz and Jane will soon be planting, growing, sustaining, and reaching our children in Summer Camp some Garden to Table ideas! Way to go Liz and Jane!
Did You Know We Live by a Covenant? At Saint Miriam, we honor all that we built by living and honoring The Saint Miriam Covenant. We do so because parishes thrive in a healthy atmosphere, and close down by being torn down by gossip. Our Covenant is located by Clicking Here as a refresher to those who desire to bring rumor and innuendo to the parish due to simple things that happen within all parishes, like our recent staff changes, or expansion. We remind you to read, live by, honor it. We also remind that our pastor has an open door policy and in the past 5 years only 4 parishioners have ever used to to ask questions and get fact. Email him here for your appointment, but if you feel talking in circles is helpful, there are other parishes that welcome that kind of destruction. We do not at Saint Miriam. We are better than that; so is our God and all that He has given to us by the sacrifice of the many who labor.
Small Groups Summer Break in June! All of our Small Groups will take a break for summer beginning after May! Enjoy them now and come back in September! To get a complete list of our Small Groups, please pick up a brochure in the Bell Tower, or Click Here!
It’s Time to Read a Good Book In Our Very Own Wonderful Library! Our books are now on Goodreads and broken down by category. Check out our Goodreads page today! Want to check out a book? Just write your name, email address, and date on the sign out card located in the back of each book and place it in the checkout card holder. Books can be checked out for 30 days. If you’d like to make a book donation to the library or have any questions, email our Librarian, Peggy Gabriele by Clicking Here.
Write Down Your Prayer Intentions, too, at Saint Miriam! A Prayer Intentions Log Book has been added to our ways to honor your loved ones and offer prayer and support. The beautifully bound leather book will be located near the Saint Miriam Burning Bush Votive Stand and you may enter your own prayers and they will be offered in remembrance and pray by our priests at every Mass! The Prayer Intention Book expected to begin Sunday, February 26th! Join us as we offer the highest form of love: prayer for others!
Visit the Store at the Parish and Online, too! We not only have an onsite Store located adjacent to our sanctuary, but our website designer made a few enhancements to our online store, too! Please visit it today and make a purchase to support our ministry by buying your own Saint Miriam Holding Cross, a Mass Cards, Saint Miriam Prayer Cards, a beautiful Rosary, or even sponsor a child, or get your annual Luau tickets, and more! Click Here! Get A Church in Your Pocket! Our Saint Miriam Parish App was recently updated and features faster download times, and a ‘refresh’ button for the newest content and a bible and more! One more exciting change is on its way this month! So please download our Parish App by Clicking Here!Saint Miriam in Support: Grow our Mission!
How Much do You Love Saint Miriam? There are many ways to support the mission of our parish and a flyer has been prepared to show you how easy it is! Please learn about GoodSearch, GoodShop, eBay, and Amazon Smile! Please support us and pick up a flyer or Support Flyer one today!Matching Gifts Make Giving Easy!Did you ever inquire to see if your employer, or club, or social network offers assistance to parishes or schools? Your gift could double and help us grow without anything more from your own pocket! Please remember to ask…it never does hurt!
Log on and Help the School? Have Fun and Help Zion Preschool at Saint Miriam! We discovered something you should check out! Vacations, golf rounds, cruises and much more that you can enjoy to help Zion Preschool at Saint Miriam. Get a great deal and help a great cause.It’s easy to get involved and make a difference! Visit: http://zionpreschool.travelpledge.com or Click Here! or Visit our Store!
Visit the Online Store for the Parish! We recently asked our website designer to make a few enhancements to our online store! Please visit it today and make a purchase to support our ministry by buying your own Saint Miriam Holding Cross, a Mass Cards, Saint Miriam Prayer Cards, a beautiful Rosary, or even sponsor a child, or get your annual Luau tickets, and more! Just Click Here! Go Greener at Saint Miriam (and Saint Miriam Academy, too)! Our exclusive customized 24 oz. sport water bottles that combines our love of water with our parish’s “Green Policy” reduces our carbon footprint and will save thousands of plastic bottles from entering the ecosystem! And, the best part is your $10 donation goes directly to help our children’s educational programming! Get your own bottle today by visiting our online store and help go even stay greener! Help Our Children in 2016: Sponsor a Child Today! We now have 8 Sponsors so far! There are many ways to help our children become better adults and Christians, as well as better practicing Catholics, and this year we offer two wonderful means to bring a smile – and a little support – right to our school! First, why not think about purchasing a brick that will help in the building of a new pathway to our Saint Miriam Summer Playground area and forever create a legacy on our campus! For every donation of $100.00 to The Saint Miriam Fund receive a 4 x 8 Personalized Brick! (Special Size of 8 x 8 is Available for a Donation Amount of $250.00). Learn more about our needed bricks by Clicking Here! Or, you may also sponsor a child directly now! When you sponsor a child, you create a special relationship between you, a child in need, the community of Saint Miriam, and our team of caring professionals! Together, we are helping to change the future for children through a quality and affordable private education! For just $29 a month, or a one-time donation of only $350, you can provide essential aid and education to improve the well-being of every child that comes to our doors! And, because we actually feed our children during the school day, your donation not only helps give them a good education, you fill their bellies with wholesome food, too! It gives you the opportunity to witness young lives transformed for the future right here in Montgomery County! Learn more here.TEXT Your Gifts to Saint Miriam TODAY! Text Giving allows you to give to your organization by simply sending a text message to our specially reserved phone number! You just “Text any dollar amount to (215) 515-6511.” Once you text an amount (like “$50” or “120.50”) you would either be sent an acknowledgment for the gift (meaning it processed) or given a short link to click in order to provide their payment information (one time only). You are also prompted by text message with instructions. The whole process is designed to be very simple and self explanatory. Another way to give and support…making it easy so try it today!Mass Donations: A Beautiful Tribute As Catholics the most important thing we do is pray and offer the sacrifice of the Mass. Please…don’t forget to make your Mass intentions today by Clicking Here. Together, we honor God together.
Get Your Mass Intentions In Person! Join the Women of Saint Miriam after any Mass and make your Mass Intentions live and in person after any Mass on Sunday! Now you can honor a loved one in person or online, too!
Why Not GoodShop, Search, and Go Amazon, too? Please support Saint Miriam by downloading and using GoodSearch and GoodShop! Every time you search or buy, we get a small percentage and you get great deals, and often free shipping! Also use Smile Amazon and make us your charity of choice! It all adds up!
Saint Miriam in Fellowship: The Saint Miriam Cafe’
Eat & Help a Child?Now, every time you purchase something wonderful from our Saint Miriam Cafe’ after our Sunday morning Masses, we contribute 100% of that donation to a scholarship fund that allows children without the means to attend our wonderful Zion Preschool at Saint Miriam and Saint Miriam Academy! Your good eating, helps a child!
Last month we raised over $987 just by eating good food!
For more information and our delicious current month’s menus, just Click Here!
Saint Miriam in Calendar Form: A Few Upcoming Highlights!
( Visit our Parish Calendar Here for full weekly, monthly, and yearly schedules.)
Visit our Parish Calendar Here for full weekly, monthly, and yearly schedules.)May 7th:
- May Day Procession at 10:30am Mass
- Pizza with Pastor at 12:00pm
- Welcome Father John
May 9th:
- Recovery, Inc. at 6:30pm
May 3rd:
- AA Leadership at 7pm!
May 11th:
- Adoration 5:00pm
- Mass at 6:00pm
- Rosary at 6:30pm
- Boy Scout Troop #320 at 7:00pm
May 13th:
- AA Sunrise at 8:30am
- Recovery Leadership at 10:00am
May 19th:
- Annual Concert at 7:00am